Let’s meet the Salem Witches! In March 1962, the group of girls even accused honorable people in the Puritan congregation, one of whom.
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The Salem Witch Trials…a time of wrongful death when many
people of importance were hanged.
In 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, Betty and Abigail Williams began
having seizures, screaming nonsense, and going into trances.People had no explanation for this behavior. This started accusations
of witchcraft.Eventually, these strange behaviors happened to more
people.
The accused people had trials during which they
had to confess about working with the Devil. Then, the town
had to decide whether or not there was enough proof to hang them. (Yay! They died! )
However, many people were wrongly
accused.
(*ahem*ALL)
Basically, a great number of people died because they were thought to be witches.
Overall, I’ll say, these
people were VERY
uneducated…
(They weren’t really witches
—or a least people
thought so.)
No. No brooms or wands…
That sucks. I was looking forward to
that. Wait…Witches are FAKE?!
(Harry Potter isn’t real EITHER?!)
T^T So sad…
In January of 1692, a group of girls began showing odd
behavior.
They began seeing things and screaming but the doctor could not find
anything physically
wrong with them.
(No, that is an understatement.)
(They believed that an adult would be controlling
of the children since children could not make plots by themselves.) Afraid, they fasted, prayed,
and did everything they could to keep the Devil
away.
The town people begged them to reveal who was controlling them but they did not budge.
In March 1962, the group of girls even accused honorable people in the Puritan congregation, one of whom was Martha Corey. (Goodbye Martha! ) No. That would be sad…
Salem Witch
Eventually, the girls accused Tituba, a slave, and 2 others commoners named Sarah but the 2 Sarah’s denied committing witchcraft. Tituba, however, confessed that the Devil had appeared to her “sometimes as a hog and sometimes like a great dog.”
Martha was thrown into jail to await for her trial. The people of Salem attended her trial. She was then asked to confess working for the Devil.
(I feel bad for her. Her husband Giles was pressed under stones to death not long before.)
(But of course an honorable woman like her would tell the truth at all times.)
Many people were shocked at this. This made them think that anyone could be working for the Devil, even the most respected people in Salem.
She denied ever committing witchcraft or even contacting the Devil. She was
thrown in jail again as the people of the town decided what to do with her. Still,
she was asked to confess her partnership with the Devil.
Just like many others who were
accused of witchcraft…
*sigh* Someone put a stop to all this nonsense. Just please!
The SALEM WITCH TRIALS did not end until the May of 1693. Governor Phillips released all the “witches” from jail. (About time! But you still killed about 25 and accused
about 200 people)
Shame on you! But good job, Phillips, you saved many
more lives.
Others say that it was because of a combination of stress, asthma, guilt, boredom, child abuse, epilepsy, and
delusional psychosis. No one really knows what the cause is. These are only theories—and to think this tiny “sickness” caused
so many deaths…
Some people say that the “witches” experienced “convulsive ergotism”. This is when you ingest ergot (a fungi) and
experience symptoms like those that the “witches” experienced. This is believed because the people of
Salem regularly ate rye, a type of wheat that was harvested during the time of year when it was warm and damp for
ergot to develop into rye.
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The Salem Witchcraft Trials By: Karen Zeinert
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